WGGB-TV (ABC) · Channel 40

Full-power stations are the main licensed broadcasters in a market. They may run the highest power from the tallest towers and are protected from interference, so they set the core of what you can receive.

At 345 kW effective radiated power, WGGB-TV runs more power than 54% of full-power TV stations nationwide (median: 273 kW).

Its antenna sits 320 m above the average surrounding terrain, higher than 37% of full-power stations. Taller antennas see farther: this one's radio horizon is roughly 53 miles, beyond which the signal fades quickly.

We estimate a fair-or-better signal out to about 63 miles with an outdoor antenna. That area includes 345 cities and towns in our guide with about 3,770,000 residents, as far as Coventry, RI (62 miles).

WGGB-TV shares its transmitter site with WSHM-LD (CBS) and WGBY-TV. One antenna aimed at this site picks up all of them.

The nearest other ABC station in our data is WTNH in New Haven, CT, 59 miles away. Viewers between the two can sometimes receive both.

ABC is one of the four big commercial broadcast networks. Local ABC affiliates carry the national morning, evening news and primetime schedule alongside their own local newscasts, and the network carries major sports such as NBA games.